5 payers join White House food security initiative
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Several payers are making commitments to advance a White House initiative to end
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Food as medicine
Why won’t Medicare deliver food to sick seniors, if it could get them healthy?
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON – Some twelve percent of traditional Medicare beneficiaries have heart failure. Roughly a quarter
Read MoreHHS, Instacart partner
(By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review) Instacart has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to
Read MoreDoes food as medicine help patients with diabetes? Here’s what a new clinical trial says
(By Marcella Alsan, John Cawley, and Joseph Doyle for STAT) Food-as-medicine programs that address food insecurity and diet-related chronic diseases
Read MoreHow Elevance Health plans to integrate ‘food as medicine’ across its lines of business
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) In June, Elevance Health named Kofi Essel, MD, as its first food as
Read MoreMedicare Advantage plans offering food and produce benefits
In the upcoming plan year, 1,475 Medicare Advantage plans will offer food and produce benefits to their low-income enrollees. In
Read MoreCan food be medicine? Will insurers cover it? And other big questions about a new health movement
By Nicholas Florko on February 16, 2023 for Stat News WASHINGTON — After nearly forty years of obscurity, the “food
Read MoreThe U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier
(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) The data are stark: the typical American diet is shortening the lives of many Americans.
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